The Asian Scientist 100
Firdausi Qadri
Institution
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research
Country
Bangladesh
Field
Biomedical Sciences
Qadri is a laureate of the 2020 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award for her work on understanding and preventing infectious diseases affecting children in developing countries as well as her advocacy of early diagnoses and global vaccination.
(Photo: UNESCO)
AWARDS
- L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureate
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